The road is right under your feet

When the time came, the sound of 77 and the bell rang at the same time, and Bai Xing's forehead hurt from the shock.

He pinched his brows and handed in the answer sheet on the table. Before he could rest for long, the second round of assessment began.

The assessment of pill refining was different from the previous round. It was conducted in public, with ten people in a group and divided into three venues, and the process was carried out simultaneously.

Bai Xing was lucky enough to draw the last round. At this time, ten young boys and girls had already walked up to the platform and took out their own alchemy furnaces.

One of the girls was very pretty and dazzling.

"Barbara, Barbara, Barbara."

There were several girls in the audience cheering. The lovely girl on the stage smiled brightly and waved to the sisters in the audience.

"Is that Barbara? Rumor has it that she is the daughter of the eldest princess of Daqi. She is favored by many and has an extraordinary talent for alchemy."

Bai Xing looked up and was totally surprised that the girls he met in the City of Void had such extraordinary origins.

Da Qi should not be underestimated.

At the instructor's command, the assessment began.

Lubaba's eyes suddenly became serious. She took out the elixir she had prepared and placed it aside, then began to act in an orderly manner.

Lu Baba's technique was still immature, but she was steadier than the other nine people. At the first step of removing impurities, a few drops of sweat flowed down Lu Baba's forehead, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted.

With the help of 77, Bai Xing saw that only the elixir in Lubaba's hand was the purest. Although there were still many impurities, it was already extraordinary considering her age.

As time passed, the emotions of the audience were aroused.

At this moment, there was a sound of explosion, which was like a stone that caused a thousand ripples. The other few people who were struggling to hold on were inevitably affected by it.

Explosions sounded one after another, and the people on the stage seemed to be frightened and stood on the ground in a daze.

The whole audience burst into laughter.

The expressions of several people turned pale and blue, and finally they left in shame.

The voices of several girls in the audience became louder and louder, calling on others to join in, and their voices even drowned out the unfriendly voices.

Lu Baba felt warm in her heart and her eyes were determined. She knew she could do it.

"Dancheng."

As the delicate voice sounded, the alchemy cauldron let out a sigh, and then a lingering fragrance of elixir lingered, refreshing the heart.

The girls in the audience became more and more excited.

Bai Xing rubbed his ears and sighed secretly.

The rumors were indeed true. With his intensive study these days, he could naturally tell that this elixir was of top grade. At such a young age, he could refine a first-grade top grade elixir. He was truly talented.

He looked towards the stands and saw a mentor staring at Lu Baba, who was the center of attention, with burning eyes.

After Lubaba succeeded in making the elixir, the remaining three people were unwilling to lag behind and formed elixirs one after another.

Bai Xing shook his head, they were all inferior quality.

As the instructor announced the results, the second round began.

Bai Xing's gaze swept through the group of candidates and stopped on one of them, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The man's breath was very familiar, and his features seemed familiar too.

[77, check if I have seen that person.]

[77 is here, Master. After verification, this person is the thief you met in the Void City.]

Bai Xing frowned, [Oh? That little thief Dayun? ]

【Yes, it is. 】

Bai Xing looked at the young man on the stage with great interest. He looked completely different, no wonder he dared to steal so blatantly.

The boy at this moment looked even more youthful, with faint dimples on his cheeks, and looked very well behaved.

Bai Xing was amazed, saying that one should not judge a book by its cover.

From the audience's discussion, Bai Xing learned the boy's identity, which surprised Bai Xing a little. This person turned out to be Yun Ze'an's cousin, named Yao Qian.

Bai Xing breathed a sigh of relief. This Taiqing Mountain was truly a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Any one of them was a royal relative with an extraordinary background.

Although he is the marquis of Dayun, he has no sense of substitution, and there is only one person in Dayun who can move his heart.

Soon, this round of assessment was about to come to an end. Yao Qian, the little thief, was beyond Bai Xing's expectations. He performed very steadily and was even more experienced than Lu Baba.

However, her first step was not as meticulous as Lubaba's, and she ultimately only produced a first-grade intermediate-quality elixir.

The following tests were all the same, and Bai Xing was a little uninterested.

He leaned against the building behind the crowd with his arms folded, glancing up at the stage from time to time.

Just when Bai Xing was drowsy, he seemed to hear his own signature number, and the high-decibel reminder of 77 woke him up instantly.

He stretched and walked up to the platform.

When the instructor announced the start, everyone else started to make the elixir in a hurry.

Only Bai Xing took out his alchemy furnace slowly, then took out the necessary elixirs and placed them on the table at the side.

The second test of the Alchemy Institute requires free play and only requires refining a first-level elixir.

Even so, there is a high elimination rate in each round of assessment, with almost only four out of ten surviving.

If the people around Bai Xing were all 1.5 times their numbers, then he was 0.5 times his number, and the audience in the audience were all worried about him.

Bai Xing ignored the gazes around him and continued to slowly remove the impurities from the elixir.

"Humph, anyone dares to come here? Don't you think about your own weight?"

A discordant sound suddenly sounded beside him, and Bai Xing looked towards the source of the sound.

The boy did not hide his contempt at all, as if he was looking at a piece of garbage.

Shirahoshi looked around in disbelief, confirming that the boy was talking about him.

Bai Xing was speechless for a moment, and without caring about what the young man did, he focused on the elixir in his hand.

The boy felt humiliated. How dare anyone ignore him?

"For someone like you, I advise you not to come out and embarrass yourself."

Bai Xing said nothing.

The boy became even more excited, and kept talking and chatting with his little mouth, making Bai Xing's head hurt.

Bai Xing suddenly turned around and said in a cold tone, "If you can't speak, shut up."

The young man was trembling with anger. No one had ever dared to talk to him like this. It was simply outrageous.

"You...you pariah, how can you do this?"

Bai Xing rolled his eyes, "No? Young man? Do I know you?"

The young man seemed in disbelief, his eyes widened, "You don't even know me? That's outrageous."

Bai Xing was really speechless. "You are the most noble, you are the most powerful, who can compare with you? Make medicine well."

The young man snorted coldly. He had already entered the last stage of Danhua, while Bai Xing was still in the first stage. "That's all you can do."

Bai Xing pretended not to hear and picked out the pills more carefully.

The girl on the other side sneered when she heard this, "Coward."

Bai Xing sighed and looked at the girl innocently, as if to say, did I provoke you?

The girl held her chin high, her eyes filled with undisguised contempt.

Bai Xing sighed and whispered, "Forget it, I won't bother with a girl."

His hands moved slightly and entered the next step, transforming the pill.